Dispensing container



July 20,- 1954 c. J. v NEUNER DISPENSING CONTAINER Filed Dec. 9, 1949 INVENTOQ y W K ATTORNEY Patented July 20, 1954 UNITED S-TATEd A E 'EN T OFFICE DISPENSING CONTAINER CarlJ; Neuner, Buffalo, N.- Y.

Application December 9, 1949, Serial No; 132,080

1 2' Claims.

This inventionrelates to certain new. and use-.-

ful improvements in liquiddispensing containers and more. particularly a container for receiving gasoline, kerosene. or oil for use in automobile, marine and like engines.

Ithas for. one of its objects to provide a container of thischaracter which is so designed and constructed. as to insure proper pouring of the contents without. danger of. spilling or leakage, and whichembodies anovel'and. self-contained venting, gaging and pouring. spout unit or. assemmy. for. ready installationinto the container.

Another object of the. invention is to provide a liquid dispensing container. whichis easy, clean and convenient to use, which is simple and inexpensive in construction, and Whichin use effects quick pouring and affords maximum safety and prevents loss of fluid when pouring.

Other features of the invention reside in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and particularly pointed out-in the appended claims.-

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is aperspective view of the container showing it in an operative or pouring position. Figure 2 is an' enlarged sectional elevationthereof in-ainormalor inoperative position. Figure 3.is an enlarged; fragmentary verticalv section" showing. the pouring,- venting and. gaging unit with the spout in a. partially elevated position: accessible for removal and use. zontal section taken on line 4-4, Figure 3.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The container itself may be of any suitable construction, that shown consisting of a cylindrical can body it! of sheet metal or like material having a bail or handle II at its top for facilitating its carrying. At its top and at one side of its center this can body has a combined filling and discharge spout i2 having an externally-threaded neck It to receive a removable screw cap I4 having a flexible, substantially U- shaped plastic covered cable or connection it swivelly joined at one end thereto centrally of the cap, as indicated at l6, and fixed at its other end to the side of the spout for holding the same captive to such body at all times. This cap connection possesses sufiicient flexure so that when the cap is removed, it will assume a position at one side of the spout in a semi-rigid or nondangling position and not interfere with the pouring operation.

Disposed substantially axially of the can body and extending from top to bottom thereof in isolated relation to its contents is the self- Figure 4 is a horid 2. contained venting, gaging and pouring'hose assembly indicated generally by the numeral" il', which extends at its upper end'through anopening: l8in the top of the can body andfrom about which opening the assembly is suspended and anchored as a unit. At its upper end this unit has a combined attaching and suspension member preferably in the form of a threaded neck l9 terminating at its upper end in an inwardlydirected annular flange 2i} having a depending annular attaching lip 2| to whichthe upper end of a cup-like member 2-2'is secured in concentric spaced relation to the inner wall of such neck. Depending from the lower end of this cup in open communication therewith is a tubular chamber or compartment 23 closed at its lower end and isolated from the can-contents andextending to the bottom of the can, as shown in Figure 2, With its axis preferably slightly displaced or oblique to the vertical and in acute angular relation to the pouring spout [2 for a purpose which will hereinafter appear. movably fitted'or stored in this'chamberin' an inverted position, when not in use, isa pouring hose 24 which is made of" flexible tubing and is provided at one end with an enlargement in the form of a screw-like cap or fitting 25 engageable with the cup-like member 22 in the stored position of the hose and for detachable connection to the threaded neckof the canpouring spout I2 when it is desiredt'o pour the contents of the can into the tank of an outboard motor or the like. At its other end this pouring hose is fitted with a nozzle '26 and it nests within the chamber 23 when not in use with 7 its nozzle abutting against a spring-pressed disk 21 which serves to partially eject the pouring hose from its chamber to the position shown in Figure 3, where it is accessible for ready grasping and removal prior to attaching it in its pouring position. A screw cap 28 is provided for engagement with the threaded neck 9 to normally seal the pouring hose chamber 23 and retain the hose '24 therein. This cap has a captive flexible cable 29 swivelly connected at one end thereto, as indicated at as, while its other end is fixed to the top of the can-body, so the cap, when removed is held captive and retained at one side of the neck iii in a semi-rigid or nondangling position.

The screw caps 25; and 28 have gaskets 3| fitted therein for sealing them to their companion screw necks and the cap 25 is also provided with a fine mesh filtering screen 32.

Also applied to the unitary assembly I! is a float-like gage 33 which is particularly useful when using the container as a fuel mixture for outboard motors. In a given sized can, this gage will register when the container has been charged with say, five gallons of gasoline, after which the user can add the amount of. oil required for his particular motor. The upright stem 34 of this gage is guided at its lower end in a slotted lug 35 applied to the side of the hose-storage chamber 23 while its upper end is freely guided in a tubular guide 33 applied to the cup-like member 22 and disposed in the space between the latter and the screw-neck i9. At its lower end the gage-stem has a stop lip 31 which abuts against the underside of the guide-lug 35 when the gage registers full, it being understood that the cap 23 is removed to permit the float to rise during the charging of the container through the spout I2 and that the neck-flange 20 has an opening 38 therein alined with the tubular guide and through which the indicating end of the stem is free to pass. The tubular guide 36 also functions as a vent, opening at one end into the can-body and at its other end into the atmosphere through the opening 33 when the cap 28 is removed, as it is when pouring. Furthermore, this tubular guide is longitudinally slotted along its outer side, is indicated at 39, to increase the area of the vent and the speed at which the contents can be poured from the container. The downward displacement of the gage is limited by its float portion 33 abutting against the top side of the guide lug 35.

By having the hose-storage chamber 23 inclined as shown, should any of the containercontents drip from the hose, after use, into such chamber, it will be retained in the bottom and lower side of such chamber during normal pouring operations and no drippings will issue from its open end.

The venting, gaging and pouring spout unit I! is assembled as a self-contained unit and then inserted into and attached to the top of the container by soldering or otherwise fastening the lower edge of the threaded neck I9 thereto.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a liquid dispensing container, the combination comprising a can having an opening substantially centrally of its top and a charging and pouring spout rising from one side thereof, and a unitary assembly suspended from the top of the can about said opening and consisting of a screw neck rising above said opening and adapted to receive a closure cap and terminating at its upper end in an inwardly directed annular flange having a vent opening therein, a cupshaped member fixed to the inner periphery of said neck-flange in spaced relation to the neck and having a pouring hose storage chamber depending therefrom in isolated relation to the can-contents, and a float gage including a stem guided at its lower end on said chamber, and a combined tubular guide and vent-forming member applied to said cup-shaped member in line with the vent opening in said neck-flange and in which the upper end of said gage stem is guided, the outer wall of said tubular guide being in spaced relation to the surrounding neck and having a venting slot therein.

2. A dispensing assembly for containers having an opening in its top, comprising a combined attaching and suspension neck adapted to receive a closure cap and to be secured to the container about its opening, a cup-like member disposed in concentric spaced relation Within said neck and having a pouring hose storage chamber depending therefrom into the container in isolated relation to its contents, a combined tubular guide and vent-forming tube disposed in the space between said neck and said cup-like member and opening into the atmosphere when the closure cap is removed, and a float gage guided at one end of a wall of said chamber and at its other end in said vent-forming tube.

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